Church starts new mission

May 24, 2014 |Photos by Mayra Beltran / Houston Chronicle

For more than 30 years, La Iglesia del Pueblo – the People’s Church – has brought the unvarnished evangelical message of Christ to Pasadena’s Mexican-American Community. Beginning on July 3, though, the church – in a reversal of traditional foreign language ministry strategy – will reach out to the English speaking world with a Thursday night service.

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Guillermo Berffer joins the congregation in worship during a weekday Spanish service at La Iglesia Del Pueblo on May 21, 2014, in Pasadena, Tx. La Iglesia Del Pueblo, a non-denominational spanish-language church, is launching an english-language service.

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Guillermo Berffer joins the congregation in worship during a weekday Spanish service at La Iglesia Del Pueblo on May 21, 2014, in Pasadena, Tx. La Iglesia Del Pueblo, a non-denominational spanish-language church, is launching an english-language service.